1 injured as stone rolls on passenger bus along Chitwan road

NARAYANGADH: A man sustained injuries after a stone fell onto a bus he was travelling on while it was stuck in a traffic jam, at Chandibhanjyang-9 of Chitwan district, along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section, on Wednesday.

The injured has been identified as Raj Kumar Basnet (47) of Manamaiju-1, Kathmandu, who was travelling on the bus (Na 4 Kha 4262) en route to Birgunj from the Valley.

Basnet, meanwhile, has been taken to the Chitwan Medical College for treatment after he had broken both of his lower limbs in the incident at around 2 am today, the Chitwan District Police Office informed.

The bus was stuck in the jam after the road was obstructed by a landslide at night at around 11:30 pm yesterday.

The vehicular movement had resumed after 4 in the morning as soon as the debris was cleared, police added.

No other causalities were reported in the incident.

Frequent landslides have been obstructing the vital road section in the district since beginning of the monsoon this year as a road expansion project was ongoing till a couple of months ago.

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